Welcome to Curriculum Night

Welcome to Curriculum Night

Mrs. Allison BaughmanRoom 180

630-636-3163abaughman@sd308.org

Homestead’s Vision for Students

HOMESTEAD students are independent problem solvers

who think critically and creatively to continually grow

their academic, social, and emotional skills.

The dream begins with a teacher who

believes in you. ~Author

Unknown

Getting to Know Mrs. Baughman…

• Bachelors Degree from Illinois State University with endorsements in Language Arts and Social Sciences

• Master’s Degree in Reading from Olivet Nazarene University

• 8th year teaching 3rd grade at Homestead• High expectations for students• Work on progress academically/socially• People make mistakes, learn from them• You can do anything in my room, as long as it

doesn’t disturb YOUR learning, MY learning or ANYONE else’s learning- Advocate for YOURSELF

• Emails/Phone calls – 48 hours• Monthly newsletters- online, unless noted otherwise• Email change ( abaughman@sd308.org )

Morning Routine• Greet Students• Attendance/Lunch Count• Empty backpack• Hand in notes • Complete their morning job• Check planners and homework

= homework checked and can go home

• High expectations for the morning/organization*Please sign every night! Open communication*Book of Whoops!

• Class DoJo Online Behavior Management• MATH Block starts right away!

Math Block/Wrap-UpMath Block/Wrap-Up8:50-9:50 a.m.

New Math this year• I am excited to teach a new math program this year! The

resource we are using is My Math by McGraw Hill. It is new to us and we are learning more each day, but our focus is always student growth.

• The program is aligned to Common Core.• This is a unit program that builds mastery within the unit

skills. The skills are assessed by a unit assessment that is administered across the district. EDM was a spiral program where many skills were introduced, but not expected to be mastered until later.

• As of right now, students are placed into flexible grouping based on many factors.

• If you want more information meet in the cafeteria at 7:30 or attend the Sept. 9 PTA meeting.

Language ArtsLanguage Arts Language•Sentence correction/Capitalization•Subject/Predicate usage•Parts of Speech•Word of the Day

Grammar•Parts of Speech: nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, interjections, prepositions, and conjunctions•Analogies, Synonyms, Antonyms•Word Usage/Vocabulary

Literacy BlockLiteracy Block

12:30-2:30

Spelling• First 3 weeks…Just review No Excuse

Words • Students will receive list• Practice Tic Tac Toe• Tic Tac Toe with WTW after Week 3• Co-teaching with Mrs. Navar/Mrs.

Egeland! – Note will go home explaining WTW

Words Their Way• 1st 3 weeks

– No Excuse Words

Words Their WayTic Tac Toe Activities/Online option

-Word Study Program• Monday-Friday • Activities

– (@home/school)– Contract

» Friday…test day

ReadingWeekly Schedule

Preview story– Predict– Background and Vocabulary – Listen to story– Comprehension Questions and

discussion– Reading Groups/Choice Activities/D5

packet

Skills & Comprehension cause/effect story elements making inferences evaluating summarizing making predictions

Assessments– Friday… Review and story test– Strategy Assessments

Extras– Reading Corner books– Reading Helps Us Grow Summary Sheets

Daily 5 Set-Up– Whole Group – Flexible Reading Groups– Read Aloud– Weekly Test

• Comprehension/vocab. based on Anthology reading

Reading Strategies:What GOOD readers do!

-Resources to support Reading Strategies

-Starting with Predicting

Daily 5-How it look in our classroom-Expectations

Read-Aloud

• Promotes Fluency • Allows Teacher Modeling• Make Connections

Text-to-TextText-to-SelfText-to-World

• Daily 5 (Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading, Work on Writing, Spelling/Word Work)

• Read at least 20 minutes every night

Why 20 minutes?

Social Studies• Houghton Mifflin• Maps and Globes• Illinois • States/Regions (4 regions)• Research Project

– (Famous Illinoisans)

Science

Foss• Hands-on Curriculum

– Human Body– Chemical Testing – Magnetism and Electricity– Water

• Investigations are done during the science class time and require 100% participation.

• Science Note-booking

Writing…Writing…Essay Writing• 5 Paragraph Essays

-Informative (Expository)-Narrative-Opinion (Persuasive)

• Poetry• Research Projects

– Country Research Paper– Animal Habitats

• More Writing!!!

• 6 Traits…– Ideas– Organization– Voice– Word Choice– Sentence Fluency– Conventions

• Dictionary and Thesaurus Usage

• Super 6 “Figurative Language”: Alliteration, Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Hyperboles, and Onomatopoeia.

Cursive

• Zaner-Bloser• Review Manuscript• Review Lower Case Cursive• Introduction to Upper Case Cursive• Students will work on handwriting

booklet in class

Second Step Lesson • Social Emotional Learning

– Mini lessons to increase students’ awareness of their own feelings and others

– We will work on strategies to help cope and problem solve in social situations

Grading Scale

E 90% - 100%S+ 85% - 89%S 75% - 84%S- 70% - 74%N 0% - 69%

Second StepVolunteers Copy Crew

NWEA MAP/PARCC AssessmentNewsletters (on my website/email)

Proper ClothingRewards

Healthy Snack- NO NUTSTransportation Information

Lunch MoneyLetter for Kids/Wishing Tree

Technology- Kid Blog/PowerPointReport Cards- Online

*Don’t forget to sign up forFall Conferences on your way out!

*Check out our Wish List!

Other Information

Thank you so much for coming! Any questions?

I Am a Teacher

I am a counselor and psychologist to a worried child,I am a police officer that controls a child gone wild.I am a travel agent scheduling our trips for the year,I am a confidante that wipes a crying child's tear.I am a banker collecting money for a ton of different things,I am a librarian showing adventures that a storybook brings.I am a custodian that has to clean certain little messes,I am a psychic that learns to know all that everybody only guesses.I am a doctor that detects when a child is feeling sick,I am a politician that must know the laws and recognize a trick.I am a party planner for holidays to celebrate with all,I am a decorator of a room, filling every wall.I am a news reporter updating on our nation's current events,I am a detective solving small mysteries and ending all suspense.I am a clown and comedian that makes the children laugh,I am a dietician assuring they all have lunch or from mine I give them half.When we seem to stray from values, I become a preacher,But I'm proud to have to be these people because ...I'm proud to say, "I am a teacher." by

Stacy Bonino